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Culloden: Great Battles
Murray Pittock
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Description for Culloden: Great Battles
Hardback. The story of Culloden, one of the most important battles in Scottish history - how it was fought, how it has been remembered, and what it has come to mean Series: Great Battles. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBW; HRAM9. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
The battle of Culloden lasted less than an hour. The forces involved on both sides were small, even by the standards of the day. And it is arguable that the ultimate fate of the 1745 Jacobite uprising had in fact been sealed ever since the Jacobite retreat from Derby several months before. But for all this, Culloden is a battle with great significance in British history. It was the last pitched battle on the soil of the British Isles to be fought with regular troops on both sides. It came to stand for the final defeat ... Read more
The battle of Culloden lasted less than an hour. The forces involved on both sides were small, even by the standards of the day. And it is arguable that the ultimate fate of the 1745 Jacobite uprising had in fact been sealed ever since the Jacobite retreat from Derby several months before. But for all this, Culloden is a battle with great significance in British history. It was the last pitched battle on the soil of the British Isles to be fought with regular troops on both sides. It came to stand for the final defeat ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Great Battles
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199664078
SKU
V9780199664078
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About Murray Pittock
Professor Murray Pittock is Bradley Professor and Pro Vice-Principal at the University of Glasgow, and one of the leading scholars of Jacobitism and Romanticism globally. His books include The Myth of the Jacobite Clans, Material Culture and Sedition, Poetry and Jacobite Politics, Jacobitism, Inventing and Resisting Britain, The Invention of Scotland, and many others. He is a Fellow of the ... Read more
Reviews for Culloden: Great Battles
a fascinating read
Battlefield Trust
an admirably balanced volume on Culloden which should be required reading for non-Scottish MPs
Keith Simpson, Iain Dale's blog
deep and thoughtful study
Michael Russell, MSP, Minister for UK Negotiations on Scotland's Place in Europe, Books of the Year 2016, Herald
Unlike too much writing on places of memory, ... Read more
Battlefield Trust
an admirably balanced volume on Culloden which should be required reading for non-Scottish MPs
Keith Simpson, Iain Dale's blog
deep and thoughtful study
Michael Russell, MSP, Minister for UK Negotiations on Scotland's Place in Europe, Books of the Year 2016, Herald
Unlike too much writing on places of memory, ... Read more